Afferent projections of infrared-sensitive sensilla in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 311-318

  Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a,c   Schmitz, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Mechanoreceptor; Melanophila acuminata (Insecta); Neuroanatomy; Thoracic ganglia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLION; INFRARED RADIATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALIA; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MELANOPHILA; MELANOPHILA ACUMINATA;

EID: 0032790244     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051359     Document Type: Article

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